The 8th International Saulius Sondeckis Competition for Young Violinists and Cellists 22 to 30 June 2026
VIOLINISTS
CATEGORY A
I place ‒ Simonas Lacroix, teacher Veronique Bogaerts (Belgium)
II place ‒ Aniceta Mikutaitė, teacher Saulė Kondrotaitė (Lithuania)
II place– Denis Khvichia, teacher Kaido Valja (Estonia)
III place – Nora Gauja, teacher Nelli Sarkisjana (Latvia)
CATEGORY B
Grand Prix ‒ Eloisa Marie Aubert, teacher Zakhar Bron (Luxembourg)
I place ‒ Eloisa Marie Aubert, teacher Zakhar Bron (Luxembourg)
II place – Bernadeta Januškaitė, teacher Rusnė Mataitytė (Lithuania)
II place – Agnė Marozaitė, teacher Nijolė Prascevičienė (Lithuania)
III place – Eleanor Susanna Türk, teacher Kaido Välja (Estonia)
III place – Annaliisa Aren, teacher Kaido Välja (Estonia)
CATEGORY C
I place ‒ Bartosz Olszewski, teacher Łukasz Błaszczyk (Poland)
II place‒ Witold Waszkiewicz, teacher Jarosław Nadrzycki (Poland)
III place ‒ Elfa Lejniece, teacher Sandis Šteinbergs (Latvia)
Diploma – Benediktas Šemeklis, teacher Oksana Tunevič (Lithuania)
Diploma – Kaspars Gulbis, teacher Daina Birzniece (Latvia)
CATEGORY D
I place ‒ Richard Kollert, teachers Zakhar Bron, Jiří Vodička (Czech Republic)
III place – Pēteris Caune, teacher Evgenia Epshtein (Latvia)
CELLISTS
CATEGORY A
I place ‒ Eliyahu Omarli Maruflenko, teacher Taru Aarnio (Spain)
II place – Jēkabs Dubinskis, teacher Anita Roze (Latvia)
II place – Elizabete Barkāne, teacher Arta Tarasova (Latvia)
CATEGORY B
I place ‒ Regina Kuzmicova, teacher Mārtiņš Turss (Latvia)
II place ‒ Rebeka Kuzmicova, teacher Mārtiņš Turss (Latvia)
Diploma – Edgars Kusiņš, teacher Olga Gavrilova (Latvia)
Diploma – Pranas Razmus, teacher Asta Krištaponienė (Lithuania)
Diploma – Katrina Meldraja, teacher Romans Trautmans (Latvia)
CATEGORY C
I place ‒ Maria Sokolova, teacher Onutė Švabauskaitė (Lithuania)
II place – Smiltė Petrošiūtė, teacher Asta Krištaponienė (Lithuania)
III place – Paula Kokoreviča, teacher Diana Ozoliņa (Latvia)
CATEGORY D
Grand Prix – Maksims Skibickis, teacher Diana Ozoliņa (Latvia)
I place ‒ Maksims Skibickis, teacher Diana Ozoliņa (Latvia)
